The worst episodes of Nathan for You
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
A hotel markets itself to parents who are sexually active; a travel agent concentrates on older clients. Also, Nathan shares his solution for tardiness.
- 02
Nathan teaches an international exporter how to ship smoke alarms tax-free.
- 03
Nathan stages an elaborate stunt to make it seem like comedian Michael Richards left a $10,000 tip at a deli.
- 04
Nathan devises a method of selling chili in secret and founds a charity to help a massage parlor upsell its clients.
- 05
Nathan tries to help promote a clothing store by allowing "attractive" customers to shoplift from it, and attempts to help a diner by publicizing its bathrooms.
- 06
Liquor Store / Exterminator / Car Wash
Nathan helps a liquor store sell to underage customers. An exterminator works very discreetly.
- 07
Comedian Nathan Fielder gives marketing advice to small businesses in this series, which begins with a campaign for a frozen yoghurt shop to offer an unconventional flavour; and a plan for speedier pizza delivery.
- 08
Funeral Home / Burger Joint / Skydiving
Nathan helps a struggling funeral home. A burger joint is forced to stand by its claim that it has the best burger in Los Angeles, and Nathan goes skydiving.
- 09
Nathan helps a haunted house by making it scarier. Later, he attempts to overcome his awkwardness around women by dating several of them at once.
- 10
Private Investigator / Taxi Company
Nathan puts a private investigator to the test by allowing himself to be spied on for a day, a taxi company is brought a solution for shy customers, and Nathan is forced to include product placement in his show.
- 11
Nathan convinces a mechanic to verify his estimates with a polygraph test and rebrands Sue Stanford as the Ghost Realtor.
- 12
Nathan comes up with a way to get a failing taxi company some much-needed press and implements a risky new line-cutting policy at a hot dog stand.
- 13
Nathan markets an unappealing children's toy, devises a way to shame people who share their movie snacks and pitches a reality show starring Simon the security guard.
- 14
Sporting Goods Store / Antique Shop
Nathan helps a struggling sporting goods store by recruiting promising young athletes to endorse the brand; Nathan helps an antique shop increase its revenue by having it open 24/7 to induce violations of a "You break it, you buy it" rule.
- 15
Nathan helps a computer repair shop earn public trust; marketing becomes personal for a psychic.
- 16
Dating Website / Party Planner
Nathan invents a system to protect women on first dates, proposes a radical new weight-loss program and helps a party planner reduce "guest list" anxiety for her clients.
- 17
Nathan places a controversial ad in a pet cemetery and takes tips from a focus group.
- 18
Nathan helps a department-store Santa who's harboring a dark secret and develops a marketing plan for a petting zoo. Also, a teen is nabbed doing graffiti.
- 19
A plan to protect women's nail polish from chipping goes awry, and Nathan addresses his worst personality flaw.
- 20
Gas Station / Caricature Artist
Nathan helps an independent gas station by devising the world's greatest rebate. He also attempts to make a fledgling caricature artist famous.
- 21
Nathan clashes with a giant corporation when he tries to help a struggling electronics store.
- 22
In this special episode, Nathan performs a daring escape in which he risks a fate that is truly worse than death, and failed business ideas from the season are showcased.
- 23
Nathan sets up a fake film shoot in an effort to boost sales at a Hollywood souvenir shop, but his plan gets complicated when he discovers that he may have committed fraud.
- 24
Nathan hones his storytelling skills.
- 25
Nathan reteams with an old client to enlist several disgruntled taxi drivers for a plot to sabotage Uber's business from the inside.
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